Questions tagged [properties]
Questions about accessing object properties or attributes while scripting
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Custom action when property is triggered [duplicate]
I want to make a slider as a property in a panel, that when I change its value, a whole group of keyframes that I inserted will be moved to particular value.
Something like:
basic value: 0
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Custom property for Area
For what type of bpy.types do I need to add my custom property to have it for any window Area or Region?
I tried bpy.types.Area,...
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How could I access a game property from GLSL?
I would like to be able to access the default props in the bge from the general shading language. Is this possible? If so how is it done?
By default props I mean the game engine variables you assign ...
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Why is the string property added to f-curve read-only
When I create a string property for the object type, I can modify that property in the active object. But when I create another string property for the f-curve type, it said it is read-only.
The ...
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How do I open the original object properties window when i create a new object? [duplicate]
When I create a landscape I get a property menu to define what kind landscape I want to create. When I click on something else (right click shade smooth for example) that menu goes away.
I want to ...
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Can I add a StringProperty to a modifier?
Seems I can not register properties properly like I normally do with other types.
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how to change user preference in blender version 2.81
i just downloaded blender 2.81. I'm very new to blender. I'm using blender on a laptop and I know that some settings are different if you don't have a mouse (which I don't.) I've learnt online that ...
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Vertex color value has weird offset in value when assigned from script
What might explain this difference in values?
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How collection properties are to be used with Blender
I'm trying to get collection properties working. I have looked at examples at Blender documentation, but maybe the API has changed a bit, or I am just getting it totally wrong somehow.
This fairly ...
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how to disable automatic UV generation?
This dyntopo popup really gets into my nerves. Everytime I create a primitive form, Blender creates automatically an UV map. Is there some way to disable the auto generation?
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(Blender 2.8) Smoke not showing in Physics Properties
The smoke physics is missing and I don't know how can I fix that. Thanks for helping me !
Here's the screen of the physics properties.
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How do I add custom property to object in bpy?
How do I add a new custom property to a material of an object in my Python script? In an earlier version it was possible to use
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What UI panel property type is this and how can I create my own (sliders?)
Hello, I wanted to add this custom property slider from an object's custom property tab, but so far, I´ve only found out that it will display numbers, but not that "slider" bar, I need.
This is a ...
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Modal Operator Not Updating Driver(s)?
I've been creating an add-on for Blender but discovered a problem. For my add-on, I need to be able to get drivers to update in realtime while a Modal Operator is running. Since the add-on code is ...
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How do I get a proxy object dimensions?
I'm trying to get the dimensions (bounding box) from a linked object in python, but all the methods to commonly get the measures give me a zero vector.
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How can I create instances of PropertyGroups with independently editable variables?
I'm currently making an addon to randomize path variables, and need lots of groups of variables that I can independently edit. I've been trying to get Property Groups working with this but can't ...
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Custom properties on the armature tab?
Custom properties added to the armature tab do not appear on the item tab of the 3d viewport side bar, unlike the object tab and the bones tab.
I'm curious about how to check armature custom ...
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How can I add more than one custom property to an object?
When I press ADD, the same property appears duplicated and I cannot see the properties list.
I am working in a plane design for Real Flight Simulator 8.
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How to assign PointerProperty in Operator through UI?
I have multiple instances of class LayerSettings(bpy.types.PropertyGroup), which is simply a group of variables. These are stored at the scene level (they're a ...
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Make an object infinitely far away?
I have a moon object and I'd like it not to be affected by parallax for the camera. I want it to look as if it's infinitely far away, without just moving it really far away in my scene. Is this ...
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Using 'Float Property Layers' value in Node Editor (similar to Vertex Color)
I have an object called origin with 272 meshes/faces and Float Property Layers (called ...
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How to display the “animate property” diamond keyframe insert button (2.8x)
I am making a custom panel for a rig and I would like to be able to easily insert keyframes on my rig properties the same way we can already do in the default properties panel.
I'd basically like to ...
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Is there any way to override UILayout.prop tooltip?
I have a collection on boolean properties I want to display in a node. BoolVectorProperty isn't really applicable because I want to be able to change the size of ...
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How to get an element in a EnumProperty?
I would like to get only 3 third element of an EnumProperty, is a string:
myEnum: EnumProperty (name = "Enum", items = searchCallback)
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Is it possible to avoid interaction in the “UI” panel of a FloatVectorProperty?
I have a FloatVectorProperty that refers to the current scene. But I would like the panel to avoid the popup when clicking on the color shown in it. Is there an option that denies access and therefore ...
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Link Object's property to Actions
Is it possible to enhance the animation(where all animations are instanced as unique Actions from the Nla Editor) by changing the object's property (like material color etc) whenever a particular ...
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I've somehow got rid of my navigation bar so that it no longer appears in layout mode, which is a pain
I've had this happen a few times, and I can't work out what I've pressed. Now any time I want to use the navigation bar I have to switch over to a different workspace (I think I mean navigation bar: ...
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How to copy Color Management settings of Render properties from a blend file to other blend file
Currently the only way I know is to set a value in an empty blend file and start there or append a scene from another blend file.
But I hope there is a more convenient way.
Is there a way or add-on I ...
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Blender 2.8: Camera Lens Shift and Background Images Offset
Blender 2.8 offers the possibility to add camera background images (Camera > Object Data > Background Images). I have multiple cameras in my project with different background images. The background ...
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Moving object to exact location rotation of other object
I have two object one is in a slightly different location and rotation than the other. I would like to move the first object to the exact location rotation as the second object so I can animate ...
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Change a Game Property in the Blender Game Engine
Hello can I change a Game Property with an sensor? For example I have a cube with the
a Property called Cube. The Property Value is 1.
Now I would like to change the Property Cube to Property Sphere. ...
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How to merge two faces by creating a third
I'm very new at blender and sometimes I get stuck in stupid problems, but I want to know how to merge two faces by creating a third as a "bridge".
Here's a pic where I'm stuck
I want to merge these ...
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Properties Panel missing many options [duplicate]
How it should look:
The above picture is a startup file that is working perfectly!
But the file which I am working on is looking strange!
And it is actually:
When it was a new file, it had all the ...
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Buttons on a custom properties dialog
I made a simply addon for myself that shows a property editor dialog. I wonder if it's possible to add several buttons on it that'd change value for Index property?
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what file to put float property and properties class blender 2.8
Thanks in advance for any help :)
Premise:
I have three .py files for my blender addon:
1. init.py
2. panel.py
3. quadfaces_op.py
I'm trying to make a float slider that controls the face and shape ...
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Properties Panel Turned Very Very Tiny [duplicate]
My Properties Panel (please see attached screen cap) just suddenly turned really small - so small I can't read it! I must have clicked some button by accident.
If I open any other .blend file, the ...
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How to StringProperty to bpy.context.object.data.vertex_colors?
I was wondering, if it were possible and how, I was looking at the bees but this is not present in bpy.types so I don't really know how and if you can add a StringProperty, to this
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Using texture data from texture properties as node data in Cycles
either I'm clearly missing something or I misunderstood the concept, but I hit a wall with something that should be pretty easy (provided it is already implemented in Blender).
I'm basically creating ...
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Iterate over custom properties without searching?
If I understand the way it works, accessing a property by string (data["propname"] = 0) requires the system to search for it. Iterating over all of the properties ...
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Pass collectionProperty through operators (Blender 2.8)
I want to pass some created objects by an operator to another operator for modifications.
I tested with CollectionProperty, but can't pass the collection from the first operator to the second one:
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How to use properties of bevel tool?
Is it possible with Bevel tool to type desired values directly, instead of applying it only by mouse movement?
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Hide object in a specific area
I have two 3D VIEW areas, and I would like to hide an object only from one of these.
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How to draw a node group in a layout panel using python
I just made that node group and i just wanted that this node group should appear in Properties panel in 3d view which appears when 'N' Key is Pressed
this should look like this in materials tab
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How to track an unknown number of objects in a multi-module add-on
Trying to initialize an empty list that will later be manipulated by operators on button click (add, remove, get). The list can either be populated with objects or object location tuples.
Pseudocode
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Property set/get example for operator needed [duplicate]
Still trying to wrap a property into my Addon where I can dynamically control the values of the resulting variable. Take the default operator_mesh_add example and alter the definition of the width ...
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Get value of FloatProperty
Probably this is a very newbie question, but I am having issues trying to access the value of a FloatProperty.
I have something like:
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Addon Properties for Material, Objects etc
we are working on a Addon to import W3D files used in the old CnC, and Battle for Middle Earth games.
In order to import these files properly we have to add some custom properties to the object and ...
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Can you change the sampling settings per object?
I am wondering if it's possible to change the sampling or otherwise the render quality per object in a scene.
The use case is if I know an object will appear essentially the same with lower sampling ...
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Blender 2.80 - Why can't I see Archimesh' properties?
I'm trying to create a room on a new installation of blender... When I press the N Key, I see the following on the properties window... The Teansform properties are showing, and the global properties ...
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Animate Glass BSDF Index of Refraction over Time?
Is there a way to animate the index of refraction of a glass material so that it will change from say 1.1 at frame 10 to 1.8 at frame 30?
